Jordan Dartis breaks past a defender in Ohio’s win against Tennessee State on Nov. 16. The Bobcats came from behind to win the game.
Most of Ohio's freshmen have never played in a hostile, or away game, setting.
The Virgin Islands didn't really count as a neutral. Radford, though a "road scrimmage," didn't count since almost no one was in the Dedmon Center to watch.
But Saturday in Olean, New York, the Bobcats will receive their first "real" test on the road against the St. Bonaventure Bonnies.
"The Radford trip helped us, the 'secret' scrimmage no one knows we did," Ohio coach Saul Phillips said.